Building Bridges - Content Area Vocabulary
Orange Book Unit 1

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Building Bridges
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
The story “Building Bridges” is about a girl who lives with her grandmother, Mama Lil, and who dreams of someday becoming an engineer.


Building Bridges - Andrea Pinkney



Building Bridges - Character- Mama Lil
Building Bridges - Characters
Building Bridges - Clarify Ideas
Brooklyn Bridge - Construction

They Said It Couldn't Be Build
Brooklyn Bridge - Paintings
Brooklyn Bridge - Photos



Building Bridges Cloze




Building Bridges - Guided Reading
Building Bridges - story continues
Building Bridges - Dialogue
Building Bridges - Vocabulary Connections
Building Bridges - Vocabulary Paragraph
Building Bridges - Glenn O. Coleman
Building Bridges - Greg Breda

Building Bridges - William Pajaud
Building Bridges - Analyze








chip.jpgFaith Ringgolds painting The Winner is part of a series of painting called Woman on a Bridge. The series celebrates the determination of women, just as Andrea Davis Pinkney does in Building Bridges.


Faith Ringgold Work




What is the winner winning?


How do you think the woman in the painting feels about winning?


How does the artist use shapes, colors. lines and textures?





Record the different shapes, colors and textures you see in the painting

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How are the elements used?

How are those artistic elements arranged?

Why do you think the artist arranged them this way?

What effect does the arrangement have?

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